I Loved Being Single

I've been blogging for about 3 months now and it was brought to my attention that I don't have any posts about being content while single. The reason you don't see much of that here is because that topic is not part of my journey to contentment. My relationship status has been one of the few areas where I've been more than content (which is probably why that is one of the only areas in my life that is actually moving forward). I loved being single and there was nothing anyone can say that can change that. I was not that girl that was "waiting for my Boaz" or "patiently waiting" or "letting Him write my love story." No offense to any of those movements, I just wasn't part of them. I was simply trying to live my life for God to the best of my ability.

You may remember me mentioning on one of my first blogs ("I had it all planned out") that I spent most of my life single more than in a relationship, a lot of that was simply because I didn't to much desire being in a relationship. I became used to being by myself and not feeling lonely, it became part of my life to not depend so much on another person. I grew up as an only child so I learned quickly how to entertain myself, enjoy myself, and to be honest I thought I was pretty cool.  In addition, I'm an all around daddy's girl so between my Heavenly Father and my biological father guys never really stood a chance. When I wasn't cracking myself up I was with my friends or spending time with my (F)ather. I didn't find a NEED to have a boyfriend.

"Well that's easy for you to say Charna, you're in a relationship now, you had to desire a relationship at one point!" On the contrary, My relationship did not come from me seeking it and it surely didn't come how I expected it to come. 

Do not misinterpret the purpose of this post. The point of my mini rant was to show that being single is not like what it is made out to be and not every young single person is sitting around waiting to get married. While single it is the best opportunity to learn self so that when you meet someone you don't lose yourself. Learn your identity, find out who and whose you are. Learn how you deserve to be treated and what you will not settle for, have a strong stance on something therefore you wont fall for anything.  Before you know it, while minding your own business someone is going to come along and turn your life around for the good and if you're anything like me you're going to hate it. lol 

You'll be like how dare you come around when I'm enjoying how awesome I am! You'll go from having to be content while single to now having to learn to be content while in a relationship... but that's a another topic for another blog :)

#StillSovereign 

Supporting Scriptures

1 Corinthians 7:32-35
Hosea 2"19-20
Matthew 6:33
Jeremiah 29:11
Hebrews 4:15